Bother, trouble - Gêner (The 2460th Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Bother, trouble is Gêner. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about emotions, house, law. It is the 2460th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B2 word. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: bother, trouble

French: gêner

Examples


We'd only bother them.	Nous ne ferions que la gêner.
We would only bother them.	Nous ne ferions que la gêner.
He decides to leave and no longer bother anyone.	Il décide de partir pour ne plus gêner personne.
If you want bother someone, go and bother PE.	Si tu veux gêner quelqu'un, va gêner le prof de sport.
You're bothering me.	Tu gênes.
But here you get the impression that it bothers the editorial staff.	Mais ici on a l'impression que ça gêne un peu à la rédaction.
However this engine proved troublesome and eventually fell into disuse.	Toutefois, ce moteur s'avéra gênant et finalement tomba en désuétude.
Fortunately it does not bother anyone where I am.	Heureusement cela ne gêne personne où je suis.

Unfortunately, these cursed exercises bother me and confuse greatly.	Malheureusement, ces exercices maudits me gênent et me confondent beaucoup.
The seam is good processed and do not bother.	Les coutures sont bien travaillées et ne gênent pas.
Well, let's start with the cut, because that's what bothered me.	C'est cette coupure qui m'a gêné.
But winter doesn't bother me.	Mais ça ne me gêne pas, l'hiver.
I had some trouble.	J'ai eu des problèmes.
Today, I had a lot of troubles.	Aujourd'hui j'ai eu beaucoup de problèmes.
I had trouble with this question.	J'ai eu du mal avec cette question.
You're always anticipating trouble.	Vous anticipez toujours des ennuis.
The trouble is that we are short of money.	Le problème c'est que l'argent nous manque.
That child causes a lot of trouble.	Cet enfant cause beaucoup de problèmes.
You're going to be in trouble and it's my fault.	Tu vas avoir des ennuis et c'est de ma faute.
The trouble with you is that you talk too much.	Le problème avec vous, c'est que vous parlez trop.
The trouble is, she's almost lost her voice.	Le problème, c'est qu'elle a presque perdu la voix.